Door-cabinet



J. N. QUINN. DOOR CABINET.

APPLICATION man ms. 14. 1919.

1,359,742. Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

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To all whom it may concern: K. Be it known that 1, JOHN N. QUINN, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door-Cabinets, of whlch the following specification is. a full disclosure.

My invention relates to a cabinet having opposite end openings mounted to project through an apartment outside door, for merdelivery, may be deposited, locked against access from the outside of the door from the inside of the door.

My invention is to provide a cabinet secured to and inserted through an apartment door, so as to project centrally from each side thereof, providing one or more compartments accessible from the opposite side of the door, each compartment having a door closure means for closing the compartment against outside access. 7

Another object is to provide a merchandise delivery depository or cabinet with a turn-stile and guide-ways for sliding and guiding bottles or parcels into the compartment and a discharging return from the interior of the compartment, as a safety cabinet for depositing and receiving delivery merchandise.

The features of the invention and other objects thereof will be more fully set forth and apparent from the description of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my cabinet, as applied within a door, sub-divided into several compartments, each having opposite doors for access into the various compartments from opposite sides of the door.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on line 2, 2, Fi 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line 3,3, Fig. 1.

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Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a door particularly an outside door of an apartment, having the compartment cabinet 2 centrally secured to the stiles and rails of the door-frame, projecting from opposite sides of the door, as the exterior and interior 7 sides, enabling the use of a comparatively large cabinet without pro ecting an ob ec- The cabinet wherein merchandise lower ad acent compartments. and received 7 is an enlarged section on line 4:, 4:, I

' Specification of Letters Patent. I Farm a d a 3 g Application filed February 14, 1919. SerialNo; 277,090.

represents a sheet-metal casing centrally posed through the door panelspace and secured to the door by single strips 3 extendin entirely around the cabinet on the opposite sides of the door. The cabinet has door sides 'fOlffdOIllOl access to the cabinet, or its several compartments, sub-divided by the partitionst, 4. 2 V

I As shown, the cabinet is sub-divided into threecompartments, an upper compartment ofthe full width "of vthe cabinet, and two Each compartment is provided with an inside door 5 and'an outside door 6, each suitably hinged to the casing and arranged to swing up wardly, so as to swing closed by (gravity and be sustained normally closed. Each ofthe outer doors is provided with a spring-latch g 7 for locking the doors against opening from the exterior. The latch may be of any typev or standard make, released only from the interior of the compartment or by the use of a key from the exterior, to prevent anyone from opening the door from the exterior after a parcel of merchandise has been de- "openings at its opposite inner and outer posited in the" cabinet or a particular compartment thereof.

As shown in Fig. 2, for the upper com partment the door is unlatched and free to be opened. The method of locking and door control may be variously modified to meet the different purposes and conditions of use. The inner door of thevarious compartments is each provided with a handle 8 operating a swiveled latch-plate for opening and lock l ing the interior doors. The upper side of the cabinet, on either or both sides of the door, is provided with a rack or shelf rail 9 for receiving and holding merchandise or parcels which can not bedeposited in any of the compartments or whichmayjhave been delivered after the doors of the com-' 7 partments have been locked by previous deliveries.

The lower righthand compartmentlOis provided particularly as a bottle receiver,

in which deliveries can be made and from which returns may be taken. The door of this compartment is not provided with a locking device and is always free to swing from the exterior side of the door. This compartment, however, is provided with a non-reversible turn-stile 11, formed with any suitable number of wings (four being shown) fixed to and revolving w1th the axle 21, journaled in the upper and lower walls of the compartment. 12 indicates a ratchet wheel fixed to the axle 11 and 13 is a 'spring-tensioned pawl cooperating with the ratchet wheel. The lower end of the wings of the turn-stile are arranged to pass over the guide'rails 14, projecting from the floor or base of said compartment. guide rails are shaped to form inlet and ou let tracks or ways 15, 16, respectively for guiding the delivered bottles into the compartment as the bottles are deposited between the wings of the turn-stile and slid by revolving the turn-stile, the return bottle removed or slid outward from the track or way 16. The inlet track or way if) is arranged so that parcels or-merchandise can be removed toward the opposite end of the compartment, but can not be removed from the outer side of the cabinet or compartment unless they have been deposited from the inside track or way 16. The outer entrance to said bottle compartment at its opposite side is provided with the shield plates l7, 17, so as to close any gap between the wings of'the turn-stile and the side wall of The the compartment, to prevent the removal of the contents after it has been slid by a particular wing in a coincident line of the shield plates from one side or without being slid outwardly by a wing of the turn-stileat the opposite side of the compartment.

I claim: e The combination with an apartment door, a cabinet comprising a casing secured to and projecting through said apartment door providing a compartment accessible from opposite sides of said door, a non-reversible turn-stile rotatable within said casing as a closure for the outside end of said casing compartment for receiving deliveries and the withdrawal of articles into and from said compartment, and inlet and outlet guide-ways appronriatelv directing the articles translated by said turn-stile.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name, as-attested by the two subscribing witnesses.

T JOHN N. QUINN L WVitnesses: V L. A. BECK CLARENCE FOSTER. 

